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Live Presentations @ Virtual School SymposiumNote that all times are local for Phoenix, Arizona - Mountain Standard Time (MST / GMT -7 hours)
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Monday, November 15, 2010

8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome and Opening from Susan Patrick, NACOL President

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8:15 – 8:45am Student Panel

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8:45 – 9:15 am Opening Keynote Address - Tommy Bice, Deputy State Superintendent of Education, Alabama Dept. of Education

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9:30 – 10:30 am Breakout Session #1

Blended Learning: Strategies for Success - Colleen Worrell
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10:45 – 11:45 am Breakout Session #2

Mobile Learning: Challenges and Opportunities in K-12 US Education - Phyllis Hillwig
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12:00 – 1:30 pm Luncheon Keynote Panel (moderated by John Watson & Michael Horn featuring John Danner, Matinga Ragatz, Mickey Revenaugh, Jonathan Skolnick, Todd Yarch & Julie Young)

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1:45 – 2:45 pm Breakout Session #3

Blending Traditional and Online Learning 101: Best Practices to Get Your School Started - Rebecca Tomasini
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Get a Life--A Second Life! - Earlene Patton, Joan Greene & Rhonda Oates
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3:30 – 4:30 pm Breakout Session #4

Grow Your Own - The Startup of a District Blended Online High School-.pptx (Part 2.pptx) - Randy Wood, Matt Ashlock, Melissa Brysh
Problem Based Learning Virtually Authentic - Barbara Frey & Kerri Rice
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Raising Student Achievement with Dynamic Interactivities - Sharon Johnston & Tracy Weeks
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Culturally Responsive Online Teaching - Andrew Miller
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4:45 – 5:55 pm Breakout Session #5

How Hybrid/Blended Learning Can Transform American Education - Carrie Tate, Julie Young, Mickey Revenaugh, Sajan George, Todd Yarch & Tom Vander Ark
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Perspectives of Online Teachers: Lessons Learned - Jim Kinsella & Michael Barbour
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

8:30 – 9:30 am Keynote Address, Assistant Deputy Secretary Jim Shelton, USDOE, "National Perspective on Virtual Learning: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Reauthorization & Innovation"
Keynote Address, Governor Bob Wise, Alliance for Excellent Education, "The Online Learning Imperative Report and an Update on the Digital Learning Council"